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Ward of Edinburgh, Scotland

Drum Brae/Gyle is one of the seventeen wards used to elect members of the City of Edinburgh Council.[2] Established in 2007 along with the other wards, it currently elects three Councillors.

The ward covers an area in the far west of the city, bounded generally by Corstorphine Hill, the Queensferry Road (A90), Maybury Road (A902) and Edinburgh City Bypass (A720) roads, and the Glasgow–Edinburgh via Falkirk line railway; it includes the Bughtlin, Clermiston, Clerwood, Craigmount, Drumbrae, East Craigs, Gogarloch, Maybury, North Gyle, Parkgrove, South Gyle and West Craigs neighbourhoods,[3] as well as the Edinburgh Park commercial district. A minor boundary change in 2017 caused the loss of the Wester Broom neighbourhood and the addition of Forrester with a negligible effect on the population, which in 2019 stood at 23,534.[4]

Councillors[edit]

Election Results[edit]

2022 Election[edit]

2022 City of Edinburgh Council election[5]

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Drum Brae/Gyle – 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Liberal Democrats Robert Christopher Aldridge (incumbent) 42.2% 3,988        
SNP Euan Hyslop 23.9% 2,263 2,345 2,349 2,355 2,655
Liberal Democrats Edward John Thornley 9.6% 909 2,074 2,079 2,089 2,213
Conservative Mark Brown (incumbent) 11.1% 1,047 1,232 1,235 1,266 1,283
Labour Nkechi Okoro 6.2% 587 659 661 671 772
Green Anne Scott 5.9% 554 595 599 616  
Scottish Family Eileen Johnston 0.8% 79 88 94    
Libertarian Gary Smith 0.3% 24 29      
Electorate: 18,822   Valid: 9,451   Spoilt: 109   Quota: 2,363   Turnout: 50.8%  

2017 Election[edit]

2017 City of Edinburgh Council election[6]

Drum Brae/Gyle Ward – 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2
Liberal Democrats Robert Christopher Aldridge (incumbent) 33.5% 3,176  
SNP Claire Bridgman 26.8% 2,541  
Conservative Mark Brown 22.0% 2,084 2,411
Labour Karen Ann Keil (incumbent) 13.3% 1,262 1,483
Green Phyl Meyer 4.3% 411 521
Electorate: 18,321   Valid: 9,474   Spoilt: 82   Quota: 2,369   Turnout: 52.2%  

On 17 July 2018, SNP councillor Claire Bridgman resigned from the party for undisclosed reasons and became an Independent.[7]

2012 Election[edit]

2012 City of Edinburgh Council election

Drum Brae/Gyle Ward – 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Labour Karen Keil 26.46% 1,981              
Liberal Democrats Robert Aldridge (incumbent) 18.77% 1,405 1,425 1,431 1,490 1,636 1,695 1,735 2,312
SNP Ron Cairns * 18.34% 1,373 1,383 1,386 1,406 1,466 2,052    
Conservative Mark Brown 16.04% 1,201 1,207 1,212 1,233 1,349 1,370 1,383  
SNP Alison Lindsay 8.66% 648 657 661 699 750      
Independent Steven Binney 6.92% 518 532 588 663        
Green Linda Hendry 3.62% 271 285 296          
Independent John Scott 1.20% 90 95            
Electorate: 17,123   Valid: 7,487   Spoilt: 78   Quota: 1,872   Turnout: 7,565 (44.2%)  

2007 Election[edit]

2007 City of Edinburgh Council election

2007 Council election: Drum Brae/Gyle Ward
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Liberal Democrats Robert Aldridge 25.2 2,630              
Liberal Democrats Jenny Dawe 19.6 2,049 2,078.99 2,100.27 2,113.31 2,234.21 2,702.55    
SNP Colin G Keir 18.4 1,917 1,920.20 1,939.32 1,956.32 2,018.71 2,263.43 2,287.23 2,725.43
Conservative Steven Binney 16.1 1,676 1,679.60 1,684.67 1,687.67 1,716.86 1,865.21 1,889.87  
Labour Cameron Day 14.8 1,545 1,549.01 1,559.12 1,576.19 1,631.28      
Green Fiona A Paterson 3.2 330 331.94 337.99 361.09        
Scottish Socialist Iain Pendreich 0.8 88 88.24 89.26          
Liberal Roy Isserlis 0.8 85 85.84            
Electorate: 17,364   Valid: 10,320   Spoilt: 113   Quota: 2,581   Turnout: 60.1%  

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